Discover how we modernized the document creation and editing interface at the heart of the widely used KnowledgeBase (KB) application. Learn our approach to balancing technical constraints with significant user experience improvements while ensuring seamless transitions for campus users. This session reveals the careful and thoughtful planning that guided our successful update of this popular campus tool.
Tag: Hybrid Work
Collaborating and Planning for AI Across the Universities of Wisconsin
Alumni Lounge
Join representatives from UW-Milwaukee, UW–Madison and UW-Stout as we share our unique approaches to AI implementation on our campuses. Discover real-world techniques to engage with faculty and staff as they use AI. We’ll touch on ChatGPT integration, AI literacy initiatives, Microsoft Copilot pilots, and faculty research. Look beyond the here and now and learn how these institutions are planning for an AI-enhanced future across the Universities of Wisconsin.
Presenter
Recording (with captions)
Recording (with audio description)
It is Possible to Take Down Old Websites: How WCER Manages the Website Lifecycle
Lee Lounge/109
Discover how the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) tackled the challenge of outdated project websites. These unmaintained websites opened WCER to risk such as damage to reputation, cybersecurity threats, and accessibility violations. Learn our practical approach to archiving obsolete sites, securing leadership support for new standards, and establishing clear maintenance expectations for all new web projects from day 1.
Presenters
Recording (with captions)
Recording (with audio description)
A Bright and Sunny Outlook: Overcoming email overwhelm with The Stack Method
Virtual
In 2021, Sara Hagen presented about the challenges of “Inbox Overwhelm.” Now, she’s back with the most effective solutions to manage the constant influx of emails based on The Stack Method. In this session, you’ll learn how to apply this method to streamline your email management process and boost your productivity.
Attendees will learn:
The fundamentals of The Stack Method and how it can revolutionize your email management
Practical tips for implementing The Stack Method in your daily workflow
Strategies for prioritizing and categorizing emails into action-oriented folders to ensure nothing falls through the cracks
Techniques for maintaining a clutter-free inbox and reducing email-related stress”
Presenter
How to Stage Successful Online Events using Theatrical Production Practices – Live Session
Conference Session
Description
During the shift to working at home, I became the primary support person for distance technologies and drew on the principles I learned as a theatre major when laying out plans (the script and production meetings), having multiple focused practice sessions (rehearsals), and executing the meeting (performance) for several high-profile, high-attendance virtual meetings. I will share the best practices my team and I have developed as well, detail roles and responsibilities, and offer tips on how to get ahead of technical issues and allow “the talent” to feel comfortable and prepared.
Presenter Information
Original Image by Isabella Mendes from Pexels. Cropped for size.
Keynote – Using our voice to create inclusive and accessible technology designs and services
Conference Session
The Zoom session will be live captioned by the McBurney Disability Resource Center. Link to the captions.
The YouTube live stream button is a go.wisc redirect that will go live no later than 8:30am on June 2nd.
Keynote Description
We, as IT professionals, play a critical role in designing, developing, and supporting the digital campus. We have created and evolved the digital campus over the last forty years, and in 2020 it became the primary mode of interaction for our communities. What can we learn from the rapid pivot to online, and more importantly, how can we evolve our thinking and approaches?
Let’s discuss how we can use our expertise and our voice to create digital spaces where people can thrive. Using ideas from fields such as critical design practices, conflict management, and polarities, we will explore the most effective approaches for providing spaces where multiple voices are empowered, and diverse communities can thrive.
The session will be interactive.
Opening Remarks for the conference will take place from 8:45-9:15am
Keynote Speaker Information
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Resources for (New and Existing) UW-Madison IT Professionals – Live Session
Conference Session
Description
UW-Madison’s IT landscape can be a jumbled and confusing space. Our team would like to solicit feedback about creating a curated set of resources and best practices that would help new (and existing) UW-Madison IT professionals better orient themselves to the campus IT environment and inspire a sense of belonging with the campus IT community.
Presenter Information
Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison Photo Library.